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HELSTON: Not everyone is motivated by money, and we’re all better for it

You’ve probably heard your grandpa say it in a nostalgic tone: ‘Land: They’re not making much of it anymore.’ You only have to look at this Google image time lapse from 1984 to 2012 to see how much green space in Vernon has been lost in the last 30 years alone. Sure, people need houses...

Watch out for rattlesnakes; they’re out early in the Thompson-Okanagan

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Sunny weather has gotten many of us out from beneath our rocks looking for some rays, and we’re not the only ones in the animal world. Warm temperatures have brought rattlesnakes out earlier than normal in the Thompson-Okanagan, according to WildSafe B.C. spokesperson Frank Ritcey. “With the warm weather, the snakes will be...

Don’t wait, now is the time to see the Perseids meteor shower

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Mother nature will be mooning this year’s Perseid meteor shower casting enough light to wash out faint meteors, but there’s a way around this rude interruption in order to make the best of the situation. Don’t wait until the August 11-13 peak. Get out there now. The Delta Aquariids reached their peak in...

Your help is needed to identify bullfrogs

PENTICTON - The Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship in partnership with the provincial government are looking for help locating bullfrog sites in the South Okanagan. The organization needs volunteer citizen scientists to help monitor bullfrogs over the next two weeks. Pond searches take place in July and a free Bullfrog Identification and Inventory Workshop will be held...